Have your say on plans to close Newport Library two days a week

A survey has been launched on plans to reduce opening hours at Lord Louis Library, Newport.

This follows a Full Council decision last February to reduce the library service budget. A consultation is now taking place to ask users their views on the plans to meet this decision.

Share your view
The Isle of Wight council is asking your views on a proposal to reduce the opening times of Lord Louis Library, Newport, from six days a week, to five. This is the same as Ryde Library opening hours.

Current staffing levels will remain through the new opening hours.

Wednesday is the day that has the fewest visitors during the week. Closing on this day means the library is available for other community activities.

This would achieve a saving of £25,000 per year.

Bacon: Urge as many users as possible to respond
Cllr Jonathan Bacon, Cabinet lead for environment, heritage and waste, said,

“This survey is very important in deciding the future of our library services. I would urge as many users as possible to respond to make sure we have your feedback on this proposal.
“We have to make the most of limited resources available to us as well as making sure we meet the needs of our users so we really want to hear from our residents.”

There is further information about the survey on the Website.

Closes in February
The consultation launches today (Monday 13th December 2021) and will run until midnight on Friday 11th February 2022.

To fill in the Lord Louis Library survey, please visit the Website.

There are also paper copies available at all our libraries.

Please return paper copies of the surveys by 5pm on Monday 14th February 2022 to: